Package-typing device.



M. E. ZEPP.

PACKAGE TYiNG DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1. 1915.

Patented Nov. 20, 191?.

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' MAYNARD E. ZEPP, or WASEINGTON. ms'rnro'r or COLUMBIA.

PACKAGE-TYING DJELlVICIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. so, 1917..

Application filed November 7, 1916. Serial No. 129,938.

To all whom it may concern. a j

Be it known that MAYNARD E. Znrr, a citizen of thellnited States, residing at Washington, in the District ofColumbia, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package-Tying Devices, of which the following is a specification.v

The present invention relates to package tying-devices, and consists in the combina tions andarrangements of elements hereinafter described, and particularly set forth in the accompanying claims.

The invention has for its primary purpose to provide a tying device, wherein the package may be tied in a secure manner and so held until released by the hand, and in which the tying operation may be done in a quick and easily performed operation.

The invention has for its further purpose to provide a device of this character that may be continuously used to the end of avoiding the present wasteful use of tying with cord or rope where the same is cut to open the package and thereafter discarded.

The invention is proposed as an improvement on the package tying device disclosed in my co-pending application for U. S. patent bearing Serial No. 120,38 l and dated Sept. 15, 1916, to which reference may be had for the details of construction.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a package tying device wherein the cleats, and securing parts for the cord, are formed by being struck up from the body of the plate to the end that said parts may not become easily broken off, and to reduce the cost of manufacture.

The invention is shown by way of illustration in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the same,

Fig. 2 shows one manner of its application, and 1 Fig. 3 illustrates another use of the same,

Referring to the construction in further detail, and wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding parts in the different views shown, 1 represents a base member or plate that is constructed preferably of metal and of sufficient thickness to withstand rough usage, and the tying cord or rope 3 is attached thereto by the apertured lug 4,

that is struck up from the body of the plate.

A pair of cleat members 5 and 6 is secured to the plate and said members on the side opposite the lug 1, and said members are disposed in off-setting relation and have respectively opposed recesses or under-cut portions'7 to receive the cord or rope 3 after the manner illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3.

A cleat member 8 is struck up from the plate adjacent the cleat members 5 and 6 and forms with, the face of the plate a wedge to securely hold the cord that is passed thereunder with a partial turn as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Said cleat 8 is dis posed at right angles to the pair of cleats 5 and 6.

The cleat 8, together with the under-cut portions 7 of the cleat members 5 and 6, hold the cord securely tied and form guards that prevent accidental displacement of the cord under all handling of the package to which the same would be normally subjected.

A second pair of cleat members 9 and 10, similar to the first pair and also struck up from the plate, are disposed at right angles to the first-named pair, to the end that the tying cord may be readily attached and secured for tying the package in a direction at right angles to that shown in Fig. 2, to wit, as shown in Fig. 3. The cleat members 9 and 10 are likewise formed with recesses to receive the cord or rope, and a cleat member 11, struck up from the plate, is located adjacent the cleat 10 to secure the end of the cord with a wedging action, as with the cleat 8.

The pairs of cleats (5, 6 and 9, 10) are disposed to bite the cord at adjacent and offsetting points, and are located in such rela tion that the cord may be placed thereon by easy and natural movement of the hand.

Each tie about the bundle is complete or independent in itself, and therefore does not depend on any other tie. The first tying from the lug a to the cleats (5 and 6) is made fast or secured by the cleat 8, and the second tie from said cleat 8, which now serves as an anchor, is secured or made fast by the cleats 9, 10, and the cleat 11. The breaking or displacement of either one of these ties would therefore not interfere with the other.

The article as herein disclosed is adapted particularly for use in tying small packages, such as letters, cards or the like, though it Will be understood that the article may serve with equal facility for tying larger packages Having thus fully described my inven tion, What I claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent, is:

1. A package tying device comprising a thin plate having a pair of opposed cleat members and a Wedge member struck therefrom, a flexible member attached to the plate, said cleat members being off-setting and oppositely disposed and adapted for taking tWo closely adjacent and opposed bites in the flexible member, and said Wedge member disposed adjacent and at right angles to said cleats and adapted to secure said flexible member for tying the package, substantially as set forth.

2. A package tying device comprising a thin plate having a pair of opposed cleat Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Washington, I). 0.

members and a Wedge member struck therefrom, a flexible member attached to the plate, said cleat members being off-setting and oppositely disposed and adaptedfor taking tWo closely adjacent and" opposed bites in the flexible member, and'said Wedge mem-V berdisposed adjacent and at right angles to a said cleats, adapted to secure said flexible member for tying the packager 1n one direction; and'a second pair of opposed cleat members and a Wedge memberstruck from the plate, said second cleat members'being off-setting and oppositely disposed adapted for taking tWoclosely adjacent andopposed bites in the flexible member and said wedge member disposed at right'angles to said sec- 0nd pair of cleats and adapted to secure Witnesses: j J. R. HA ILTON,

CLEMENTS.

Commissibner of Patents,

MAYNARDIEQZEPPQ 

